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Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Yahoo
HUNTER: Pedophile may wish he committed sick crimes in Canada
The advocates, activists and academics will cough and sputter: 'How could this be?' And in the bowels of the Canadian justice system? Intolerable! Cruel. And. Unusual! But in one of the most left-wing states in the U.S., a federal judge saw his way clear to sentence pedophile Noah Madrano to 50 years in prison. In Canada, the Supreme Court would be calling for a group hug. Madrano pleaded guilty in January to two of the six U.S. federal charges he faced after FBI agents caught him with a Canadian girl in a suburban Portland, Oregon, hotel room in July 2022. HUNTER: Convicted pedophile the stuff of childhood nightmares HUNTER: Canada could learn from Philippines in dealing with pedophiles HUNTER: No one should be shocked by soft ride for suspected pedophiles His M.O. was sadly familiar. He connected with a 12-year-old Edmonton girl online and began grooming and manipulating her for his twisted desires. Madrano, 43, even traveled to Edmonton twice to sexually abuse the girl in Canada. In July 2022, he whisked her over the U.S.-Canada border, stashed in the trunk of his car. 'I stand here today with pride and strength,' the unidentified teen said during sentencing in Portland's U.S. District Court. 'At first, I felt as if I would be alone reading my impact statement up here. However, I'm not alone. I stand here with every other victim of sexual violence that never got justice, in my heart.' Like the 9-year-old Brampton boy who was kidnapped and sexually assaulted at knifepoint by long-term offender Lucas Petrini, now 34, in 2008. He threatened to kill the terrified boy and sexually assaulted him for six agonizing hours. In 2010, Petrini was sentenced to 10 years, minus two years for time served. Petrini was recently pinched again in connection with several 'suspicious' incidents involving children in the High Park area. His history of breaches is simply too dreary to repeat. But needless to say, his brother in arms, Madrano, will not be seeing sunshine anytime soon – if ever again. Those 50 years in the slammer will essentially guarantee no other child will be harmed by Madrano ever again. It is a life sentence, just not in name. Now, when the brigades of social workers who infest our justice system gather, they don't like to talk about victims of crime. These tragic folks are NOT the real victims, they'll say. It is their tormentors, like Madrano and Petrini, whom we should reserve our tears for. In the Madrano case, the teen victim has blocked out swaths of the horrific events that happened to her in July 2022. Still, she gets flashbacks of the horror she endured. The court heard that Madrano forced his victim to dye her hair as a disguise, filmed numerous videos of the girl, and, as he claimed to love the teen, threatened to kill her. Once, he even held her head underwater. The prosecution called the pedophile 'dangerous, unrepentant and persistent.' And in a refreshing note for those of us who deal with the Canadian system, prosecutors said Madrano's prospects for rehabilitation were nil. At sentencing, Madrano hilariously claimed he only 'wanted what's best' for the girl. The judge called his version of events 'ridiculous.' Meanwhile, in Edmonton, cops have said Madrano wasn't charged in this country because U.S. law enforcement was handling the matter. And indeed they did. Call me a cynic, but it's 100% that Edmonton detectives knew that, unlike in Canada, Madrano would almost certainly die in prison. That's justice – even if it causes convulsions in the faculty lounge. bhunter@ @HunterTOSun
CBC
09-04-2025
- CBC
U.S. man sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing, abducting 13-year-old Edmonton girl
WARNING: This article contains details of abuse. A Canadian teenager returned to Oregon, nearly three years after she was abducted and taken to the state from her Edmonton home, to see the man who groomed and abused her go to prison. The girl, who CBC News is not naming to protect her identity as a victim of sexual assault, was 13 when she was taken from outside her junior high school, hidden away from her family for eight days and sexually abused. Noah Madrano pleaded guilty in January to two of the six federal U.S. charges he faced after FBI agents caught him with the girl in a hotel room in a Portland, Ore., suburb in July 2022. After contacting and manipulating the girl online for a year, starting when she was 12, Madrano travelled to Edmonton twice to abuse her in person — the second time, taking her back over the U.S.-Canada border in the trunk of his car. Alongside her family members at Tuesday's sentencing hearing, the teen addressed the U.S. District Court in Portland. "I stand here today with pride and strength," she said. "At first I felt as if I would be alone reading my impact statement up here. However, I'm not alone. I stand here with every other victim of sexual violence, that never got justice, in my heart." Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman handed Madrano a 50-year prison sentence for sexual exploitation of a child and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. It falls short of the possible maximum life sentence that his second offence carries, and which Assistant U.S. Attorney Mira Chernick argued he should receive. But with decades to serve, Madrano, 43, could still end up spending the remainder of his life behind bars. Madrano will be required to register as a sex offender. He additionally faces U.S. state charges, which have yet to be resolved. The Edmonton Police Service previously said in a statement that Madrano wasn't charged in Canada, because his case was dealt with by U.S. authorities. Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon William Narus said in a statement Tuesday that the sentence is "a result of the extraordinary efforts of the victim, the victim's family, their community, and law enforcement here and in Canada." 'Dangerous, unrepentant and persistent' The teen girl said she has blocked out parts of what happened to her, but she still sometimes gets flashes of what she described as "endless nights of abuse." She told the court that Madrano forced her to dye her hair to disguise herself, repeatedly took videos of her, and threatened to kill her despite claiming he loved her. At one point, he held her head underwater in a hotel bathroom. The girl's mother told the court in her victim impact statement that her daughter had a cellphone, but the family implemented parental controls and monitored her activity. The mother said Madrano managed to contact the girl through a music program with a chat function that was on a school-issued device. Chernick, the prosecutor, said Tuesday that it's rare for her office to recommend a life sentence, but Madrano's conduct "exhibited a level of depravity that we rarely see in this district." She called him "dangerous, unrepentant and persistent," arguing his prospects for rehabilitation are virtually non-existent. She said Madrano previously travelled to another state in an attempt to meet up with a different young teen before turning his focus to the Edmonton girl, lying to her about who he was in online conversations, and continuously escalating his exploitation. Once Madrano was in jail, he continued to try to get access to a USB drive that contained child sexual abuse material, Chernick said. "This defendant, even in his sentencing materials, is asking this court to view him as the immature one who was manipulated and coerced by the victim, who was 13 years old," she told the court. "The fact he can think that is a believable story to tell about what happened here shows how dangerous he is." Defence lawyer Justin Rusk asked Judge Mosman to consider a sentence of nearly 25 years. He said that still amounts to roughly a third of his client's life, saying Madrano needs a chance to address his "previously untreated issues" with mental illness and pedophilia. Judge deems Madrano's explanation 'a complete lie' Madrano gave his own statement in court. He read from a letter he wrote before the hearing that he described as "a truthful account of my misdeeds," apologizing for the impact of his actions on his family and a local community radio station where he previously volunteered. He said he's remorseful, and claimed he "only wanted what's best" for the girl he victimized. "Although I was only trying to help her, I am aware those actions were wrong and the consequences extend beyond just her and affect her family deeply," he said. When Madrano finished speaking, Judge Mosman said he "categorically rejects" that version of events. "His story ... is ridiculous, painfully blind, oblivious to the harm that it causes even to repeat it today, and not justified by any of the facts of the case," he said. "Mr. Madrano, while expressing the word remorse, continues to maintain a story that is a complete lie about what happened." The judge said he sees Madrano's point of view as further evidence of his low likelihood of rehabilitation. But he ultimately decided against issuing the maximum penalty of life in prison. At the end of her statement, the Edmonton teenager read poetry she'd written to express her feelings about what Madrano put her through. She asked for a lengthy sentence for the man who abused her. "I deserve to be free. He does not."
